I think it's the single most factor which keeps black females unwed with chil'run. They pool the EBT and other assistance to their household with mamma, granny, etc.... So you see people who are making $50K to $100K using EBT cards because their children lease out their uterus for food and phones. City employees, school teachers, city judge, hospital workers, etc.... I see with their ID badges hung from their neck lanyards paying for their groceries with an EBT card.

They pimp out their kids.

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posted on 10/15/2013 8:41:14 AM PDT
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

SNAP is the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (commonly called ‘food stamps’).

These days there are credit card looking “EBT” (electronic benefit transfer) cards given to beneficiaries of the program. That way instead of the shame of having the ‘stamps’ like the old days and so the stamps wouldn’t become a currency, the debit card requires the user to present their ID and it’s run like a credit card.

EBT is the common reference now for ‘food stamps’ with benefits being from 100-700 a month depending on the number of dependents in the family and income (if any).

So the money will stop and shoppers will be told, as they were the past few days, “The system is down.” Or a sign at the door, “We no longer accept food stamps.”

This is if the CURRENT state of affairs continues. The ‘shutdown’ is being made more severe to cause more pressure on the GOP to cave. Parks and monuments weren’t enough.

I’m in IT. When I see the letter in the op and see the problems people are having with EBT cards, it is pretty obvious that changes are being released into prod to handle this - and the changes are buggy. Kinda like Obamacare.

This could ger REALLY ugly. I’ve said for years that the dependent class will burn down their own neighborhood if they feel empowered by not getting their entitlement. Look what they did after the Rodney King verdict when they felt entitled by an event that did not even directly affect them. If their cards stop working, they will ransack stores for what they are “rightly entitled to” all over the country.

I don’t know how big it will get, but it really could become CWII of a sort and force martial law. And considering the power this would give the president, it might be just what they want. I need my CCW NOW!

If we hit the debt ceiling there will not be any jobs to be had. That said we are going to hit it sooner or later so why not now? Bush and Obama made this mess so I'd guess it's our job to clean it up. As long has the lights stay on we can make it thru this.

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posted on 10/15/2013 8:51:10 AM PDT
by jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)

3:00 The military is not 50 percent of the budget. Yet Obama went after the military in this battle because he hates the military. He went after them by 50% compared to other budget items.

11:21 on the audio: We will never default on debt payments unless they are so massive we cannot make payments-not because of debt ceiling fight..but the obligations we are taking on. Obama wants the debt ceiling raised to pay for future projects. NOT TO PAY FOR BILLS WE OWE NOW.

20:00 Social security checks will come no matter what until the year 2038, in which time it is all gone. Congress took surplus out of SS fund. U.S. treasury issued IOU’s can be redeemed when default. 2010 was the first time defaulted since 1983. Recovered with IOU’s from the treasury. Treasury can borrow 1.00 to replace 1.00 in IOU paid to SS fund. The federal reserve gives them the dollar. It still remains under the debt ceiling.

24:35 It is a federal statute to pay SS. The govt. redemption of treasury bond would not breech debt ceiling.

"Im having a hard time believing POSHITUS really will let this happen to his people."

Way more then "his" people have skin in this "game". I am having a hard time believing the global bankers have not descended on the White House/Congress and read the riot act. Tomorrow will be interesting if there is no deal and full out panic takes hold.

I am happy the House is holding the line. There is still plenty of time for a deal if the other side is willing to deal. If not then better to go over the cliff then cave.

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posted on 10/15/2013 9:06:12 AM PDT
by jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)

I guess the EBT shutdown over the weekend was a demonstration of what can be expected to happen.

Think of it as a 'dry run'...

That said, if dems are working at creating a race war it might be wise to expand 'food bank' assistance. I guess the 'pain' dems want to cause isn't enough ... so using their dependent class to rob and beat up more responsible citizens is their first option of choice.

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